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new details that the irs has been targeting conservative groups like the tea party since longer than we had thought, since 2011. why now are they apologizing. >> tucker: then the more questions we have about benghazi. who did the orders to stand down. >> plus, it was most popular hair cut in america. rachel worn by jennifer aniston could have been one big mistake. >> alisyn: i
new details that the irs has been targeting conservative groups like the tea party since longer than we had thought, since 2011. why now are they apologizing. >> tucker: then the more questions we have about benghazi. who did the orders to stand down. >> plus, it was most popular hair cut in america. rachel worn by jennifer aniston could have been one big mistake. >> alisyn: i
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the people at the irs who are like storm troopers. the irs is the most feared agency in the world next to maybe the kgb. and these are the people tasked with enforcing making sure that everyone has health insurance? it is a disaster. this woman got $103,000 in bow nesss. taxpayer funded money. was basically promoted and oversaw the targeting of conservative and religious groups and she is getting a promotion. you are telling me that no one know hass is going on here. >> mike: steven miller salt there with a straight face and said the reason this happened is they were just trying to be so efficient. >> hilarious. let's not forget, steven miller was fired. he is is gone. now, i underand it obama did not -- obama did not take him out to the middle of times square and flog him like people a fair point when you apply for tax exempt status does that make you immediately above the law? can we not ask a question as to whether or not your application is, correct? i think that is what they were trying to do. did they do it correctly? no. were t
the people at the irs who are like storm troopers. the irs is the most feared agency in the world next to maybe the kgb. and these are the people tasked with enforcing making sure that everyone has health insurance? it is a disaster. this woman got $103,000 in bow nesss. taxpayer funded money. was basically promoted and oversaw the targeting of conservative and religious groups and she is getting a promotion. you are telling me that no one know hass is going on here. >> mike: steven...
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about the irs scandal. dan werfel will be the new irs commissioner next week because the current acting commissioner who was a partnerly fired or forced resignation yesterday will still be in the job and doesn't leave until the 22nd. in fact, we are told by a close associate of his, miller was scheduled to love the acting commissioner role and retire a couple of months anyway. he remains the acting commissioner and the resignation by the president yesterday was mostly theater. we'll bring in joanna gold berg. and juan williams, and charles krauthammer. >> it was interesting and i am enjoying the media equivalent of the a rob spring and exciting to see the press cooper interested in its job all of the sudden. i don't know that president obama put much of anything away today. i thought it was interesting in the piece we saw, he was asked when he knew or anyone in the white hou white house knew. not the que and people perked up the eyebrows and said maybe they did know about this earlier than they are letting
about the irs scandal. dan werfel will be the new irs commissioner next week because the current acting commissioner who was a partnerly fired or forced resignation yesterday will still be in the job and doesn't leave until the 22nd. in fact, we are told by a close associate of his, miller was scheduled to love the acting commissioner role and retire a couple of months anyway. he remains the acting commissioner and the resignation by the president yesterday was mostly theater. we'll bring in...
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everybody understands the power of the irs. when you get a letter from the irs. you know it's not happy news. you didn't win the lottery. it's bad news. and you know that they have the power and everybody feels that. for the irs to so overtly abuse its power now they want us to believe that a bunch of bureaucrats in cincinnati got together and decided they would target the right? that's not a plausible story we now know it came into washington. obama was asked this morning at the press conference did you not know about any of this before you heard about it on friday? did anybody in the white house not know about this? so he is asked about anybody. >> bill: let's run the sound bite. >> wife did he say i.g. report? >> bill: let's run the sound bite. i want you to answer your own question. >> i will speculate. >> bill: here we go. >> you can assure the american people that nobody in the white house knew about the agency's actions before your counsel's office found out on april 22nd? >> i can can assure you that i certainly did not know anything about the ig report b
everybody understands the power of the irs. when you get a letter from the irs. you know it's not happy news. you didn't win the lottery. it's bad news. and you know that they have the power and everybody feels that. for the irs to so overtly abuse its power now they want us to believe that a bunch of bureaucrats in cincinnati got together and decided they would target the right? that's not a plausible story we now know it came into washington. obama was asked this morning at the press...
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while the head of the irs objects to word target. one men who apparently did have a bulls eye on his back is speaking out. frank van der sloot an idaho businessman donated $1 million to help mitt romney. after that he was audited on three different occasions, rubbing up nearly $100,000 in legal bills. joining us now from salt lake city is mr. van der sloot. so we had you on a little more than a year ago after you donated to the romney campaign the obama campaign web site began to hammer you and put your name out there and all of this business. let's start there. then what happened? >> well, that morning, april 20th, 2012, that's when my life changed. i got a phone call from my son and he said, dad, you have got to look at this. i went on there. the campaign's web site and sure enough there it was. 8 of us singled out out of thousands of donors suggest -- saying two things about us. one thing they said was that 8 of us had less than reputable records and had been on the wrong side of the law which certainly wasn't true for me and i do
while the head of the irs objects to word target. one men who apparently did have a bulls eye on his back is speaking out. frank van der sloot an idaho businessman donated $1 million to help mitt romney. after that he was audited on three different occasions, rubbing up nearly $100,000 in legal bills. joining us now from salt lake city is mr. van der sloot. so we had you on a little more than a year ago after you donated to the romney campaign the obama campaign web site began to hammer you and...
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the president fires the head of the irs. caution. you are about to enter the no spin zone, the factor begins right now. >> hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. the obama administration going south fast. can it save itself that is the subject of this east coast's talking points memo. headline right now the irs scandal could be worse than benghazi as the president fires irs chief stephan miller. at this point mr. obama had to do that. >> i will do everything in my power to make sure nothing like this happens again. by holding the responsible parties accountable, by putting in place new checks and safeguards and going forward by making sure that the laws applied as it should be in a fair and impartial way. the irs admitting it targeted conservatives. listen to this. just hours earlier, than what the president just said, jay carney was saying that the white house can't really explain how the irs corruption happened because fbi is investigating. i cannot obviously comment on the investigation that the attorney general an
the president fires the head of the irs. caution. you are about to enter the no spin zone, the factor begins right now. >> hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. the obama administration going south fast. can it save itself that is the subject of this east coast's talking points memo. headline right now the irs scandal could be worse than benghazi as the president fires irs chief stephan miller. at this point mr. obama had to do that. >> i will do everything in my...
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you start with the irs agents at the cincinnati office. the guys you first tried to put all the blame on. then you put them in the grand jury and you ask them under oath which supervisors directed them to withhold tax exempt status and investigate any one who might criticize your administration. you feds know how to do that. you do it all the time. and by the way, the system doesn't need to be fixed, your administration needs to be fixed. so if you want the truth, tell your director of the irs exempt division the learned lois lerner the one who says she is not good at math not to lie to congress, which she did when she said that her screening process was unbiased. when in truth, two years ago, she knew her agents were flagging all cases of any one who might criticize your administration. but, of course, mr. president, you will get to the bottom of this. >> he think we will be able to -- i think we will be able to figure out exactly what happened, who was involved, what went wrong and we are going to be able to implement steps to fix it. an
you start with the irs agents at the cincinnati office. the guys you first tried to put all the blame on. then you put them in the grand jury and you ask them under oath which supervisors directed them to withhold tax exempt status and investigate any one who might criticize your administration. you feds know how to do that. you do it all the time. and by the way, the system doesn't need to be fixed, your administration needs to be fixed. so if you want the truth, tell your director of the irs...
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theythey are alleging the irs is targeting conservative groups. >> the idea that the irs does this does not surprise anyone, does it? >> can you give us assurances they aren't targeting those groups. >> yeah. we pride ourselves on nonpolitical, nonpartisan organization. there is absolutely no targeting. >> if, in fact, irs personnel engaged in the kind of practices that have been reported on, then that's outrageous. >> there is no "if." the president must have forgotten that the internal revenue service took the extraordinary step last week and admitted doing these things and apologized for doing these things. >> it certainly does seem to be, based on what we've seen, to be inappropriate action that we would want to see thoroughly investigated. >> the irs has to show there are measures to punish those who did it and to prevent it from happening in the future. >> irs is the most feared and arguably it's the most hated. forgiveness comes with a cost. but the left needs it. >> somebody made the decision that they would give extra execute any to this particular group. i think we have to und
theythey are alleging the irs is targeting conservative groups. >> the idea that the irs does this does not surprise anyone, does it? >> can you give us assurances they aren't targeting those groups. >> yeah. we pride ourselves on nonpolitical, nonpartisan organization. there is absolutely no targeting. >> if, in fact, irs personnel engaged in the kind of practices that have been reported on, then that's outrageous. >> there is no "if." the president must...
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>> geraldo: the targeting of the irs by the tea party and other conservatives. >> was the irs using inappropriate criteria in its review of organizations applying for tax exempt status? yes. was the irs delaying their applications? yes, and finally, did the irs ask unnecessary and inappropriate questions of applicants. again, yes. >> it was inadvertent. just some odd underlings out of cincinnati that did this and there was no political motive whatever involved. the question is how stupid do they think we are? >> geraldo: stupid or crafty, the second scandal plaguing the administration is still the spin the state department put on benghazi. >> ongoing obsession with talking points and benghazi and the attempts to politicize that. constitute a side show driven interests.or largely by >> the fact that the state department was intimately involved in this and they were taking out factual information because they were worried about the political ramifications of that, i think that is a pretty important point. >> geraldo: and perhaps the most important point or at least the scandal closest to home for w
>> geraldo: the targeting of the irs by the tea party and other conservatives. >> was the irs using inappropriate criteria in its review of organizations applying for tax exempt status? yes. was the irs delaying their applications? yes, and finally, did the irs ask unnecessary and inappropriate questions of applicants. again, yes. >> it was inadvertent. just some odd underlings out of cincinnati that did this and there was no political motive whatever involved. the question is...
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in the past few days we have learned the irs admitted low level workers in ohio wrongly targeted certain groups during the 2012 election season. a watchdog group says top irs officials did know what was happening as far back as 2011. now congress is getting involved. as we learn of the slew of questions law americas want answered. peter doocy with the news for us in washington now. peter? >> lawmakers are live individual over reports that the federal government views the investigation to unfairly target conservative groups as we know treasury department group revealed the words tea party and patriot were among triggers that spent several months worth of applications for tax exempt status to teams of specialists. they did have agents who were engaged in intimidation of political groups is as daefrnges a problem the government can have. this can spend a chill up your spine. the president believed the american people suspect and deserve with the highest level of integrity working in government agencies. they expect swift punishment for the officials responsible for this misconduct. >> i am
in the past few days we have learned the irs admitted low level workers in ohio wrongly targeted certain groups during the 2012 election season. a watchdog group says top irs officials did know what was happening as far back as 2011. now congress is getting involved. as we learn of the slew of questions law americas want answered. peter doocy with the news for us in washington now. peter? >> lawmakers are live individual over reports that the federal government views the investigation to...
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head of the irs. stephan miller is about to vacate that job after the agency admitted targeting conservative groups that were applying for tax exempt status. he ghilts the irs made what he calls foolish mistakes but claims there there was no actual targeting of conservatives. this was not about politics he says. but he cannot tell us exactly who was to blame the frustration boiling over from republicans and democrats. >> as acting commissioner i want to apologize on behalf of the internal revenue service for the mistakes we made and poor service we provided. the affected organizations and american public deserve better. i resigned because as the acting commissioner, what happens in the irs, whether i was personally involved or not stops at my desk. and so i should be held accountable for what happens. >> nothing bad is going to happen to you. you are going to get your full benefits and everything associated with your retirement as an irs employee. >> nothing bad is happening to me? congressman. >> fin
head of the irs. stephan miller is about to vacate that job after the agency admitted targeting conservative groups that were applying for tax exempt status. he ghilts the irs made what he calls foolish mistakes but claims there there was no actual targeting of conservatives. this was not about politics he says. but he cannot tell us exactly who was to blame the frustration boiling over from republicans and democrats. >> as acting commissioner i want to apologize on behalf of the internal...
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anybody under the scrutiny of the irs knows the nightmare that entails. again, we need to get to the bottom of this. everything brad said i second. it's something we need to look very carefully. >> heather: if there were no political bias were only conservative groups targeted and were these certain groups of people in an office in cincinnati? >> i don't believe that. i don't think bureaucrats on their own would have taken a political bent as julie points out. they tend to be non-political but the appointees tend to be political. that is big difference. somebody told the irs they wanted this done likely to be a political person with a political bent. the faghd to have come out. let the chips fall where they may. heather, there is nothing worse an democracy than a government scandal and government picks on a class of individuals. government corruption is the worst no matter what administration republican or democrat it falls under. there have been plenty of scandals but there is admission that they targeted a political group at a time of political election
anybody under the scrutiny of the irs knows the nightmare that entails. again, we need to get to the bottom of this. everything brad said i second. it's something we need to look very carefully. >> heather: if there were no political bias were only conservative groups targeted and were these certain groups of people in an office in cincinnati? >> i don't believe that. i don't think bureaucrats on their own would have taken a political bent as julie points out. they tend to be...
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send the irs to check his records and give him something else to worry about instead of harassing me and check his facebook time line, i am sure something is on there to tax him for. and send the drones to fly over his house.
send the irs to check his records and give him something else to worry about instead of harassing me and check his facebook time line, i am sure something is on there to tax him for. and send the drones to fly over his house.
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what is the danger with the irs? >> this was just in the tax exempt division and that is the group that is tax exempt. you have to apply for that. this is just in that and targeting of groups on idea logical groupeds and look for someone with tea party in their name or numb- 12 or stougz -- constitution in their names. all of us deal with the irs in terms of our respective taxes and clearly the fear is that this sort of targeting could have gone on outside just this tax exempt division in cincinnati. >> real quickly. i want to get your response on sarah hall ingram, she was the woman in charge while that was going on in the tax exempt division. now she's in charge leading the implementation of obama care for all americans, health care, the new affordable health care act. what is it that communicate to you? >> that has republicans nervous. people don't know how big of a part of the obama care is played by the irs. that is the enforcer of obama care and have to submit a w9 or 2 form softballing that you have coverage.
what is the danger with the irs? >> this was just in the tax exempt division and that is the group that is tax exempt. you have to apply for that. this is just in that and targeting of groups on idea logical groupeds and look for someone with tea party in their name or numb- 12 or stougz -- constitution in their names. all of us deal with the irs in terms of our respective taxes and clearly the fear is that this sort of targeting could have gone on outside just this tax exempt division in...
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it's no wonder that the a little and irs get the message. the president demonizes his opponents. >> heather: so let's bring in our political panel, mercedes ex spokesperson for george w. bush and david mercer, deputy finance director for the dnc. david, is there a saying, do as i say, not as i do. is this a case of the opposite, do as i do, not as necessarily i say, where administration members give them low level or high don't need to be told directly to do these things, but they take do it by actions they see taken, an unspoken directive or culture of intimidation? >> i don't think that many would put stock on what the senate minority leader just mentioned with regard to this culture of intimidation. in fact, there is no proof of it. in fact, he needs to pay attention to the facts that were borne out in the investigation or the hearing on friday which was that one by the i.g. or inspector general, there was found to be no evidence of political motivation in the targeting. secondly, it wasn't the white house that was informed about this, it
it's no wonder that the a little and irs get the message. the president demonizes his opponents. >> heather: so let's bring in our political panel, mercedes ex spokesperson for george w. bush and david mercer, deputy finance director for the dnc. david, is there a saying, do as i say, not as i do. is this a case of the opposite, do as i do, not as necessarily i say, where administration members give them low level or high don't need to be told directly to do these things, but they take do...
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to the irs. they admitted and apologized late last week that they looked at groups who were applying for tax exempt status based on social welfare groups, the 0 01 c 4s and looking for the word tea party or patriot or 912 they got extra scrutiny and didn't always get approved, if they did it took months. >> there is an ongoing investigation that is the reason for this epiphany of asking for forgiveness. the irs has to show there are measures to punish those who did it and to prevent it from happening in the future. those are important particularly after you you realize that high ranking irs officials knew two years ago that this was going on and tenning having denials until a few weeks ago. >> shannon: what do you make of the fact that top leaders of the ers appointed by president bush and the fact that this was happening on their watch. >> i think we have to look past the partisan part of this and the reason is simple. the american people know that if it could happen to a conservative group toda
to the irs. they admitted and apologized late last week that they looked at groups who were applying for tax exempt status based on social welfare groups, the 0 01 c 4s and looking for the word tea party or patriot or 912 they got extra scrutiny and didn't always get approved, if they did it took months. >> there is an ongoing investigation that is the reason for this epiphany of asking for forgiveness. the irs has to show there are measures to punish those who did it and to prevent it...
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everybody knows the irs lied, all right. and now the -- somebody in the state department and/or the white house lied as well, juan. everybody knows that. >> i don't know it so i guess i'm one of those crazy zealots. >> bill: you don't know. let's walk through it very simply so even i can understand it. >> so let me give you a shot. >> i don't want to you launch. >> you could. >> bill: you believe there wasn't any misleading of anything in the benghazi thing? >> well, i think that what happened before benghazi, during benghazi, nobody has brought any of those facts into dispute. what we're talking about is this memo afterwards which is essentially a turf war between state and the pentagon as to what's in this document. do we reveal sources? do would tell people? and so that's what you are focused on and you are saying you have got a scandal? i don't see a scandal there i see a turf war. >> bill: tom brokaw is probably left wing of you. he is to the left of you. said hey, you have got to tell me who ordered rice to go out ther
everybody knows the irs lied, all right. and now the -- somebody in the state department and/or the white house lied as well, juan. everybody knows that. >> i don't know it so i guess i'm one of those crazy zealots. >> bill: you don't know. let's walk through it very simply so even i can understand it. >> so let me give you a shot. >> i don't want to you launch. >> you could. >> bill: you believe there wasn't any misleading of anything in the benghazi thing?...
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who are the irs defenders? gon the "new yo times" web site if can bear ook he at the this morni00% favorcmments f t glirs what do t say? >> covatives ed it. this is theof t irs to crush dissent bythe president's polal opponents. ou are wondngthe erica is the "new york in >> ton:hat great.ectio turned on on site not on that one. saome mom.clay i shas arst vilifion. had their com a repeate ying to tax exempt prove her worth like thuy. listen it? >> ffensive when someone asksfor every speech tt has eve been gn, i felt very of espely becauseove this country. a i'm try to do educate people. we speak about the constitution. it's not l doing ythg subvve angr peopl i just am flabbergast. >> now they are putti up that f. we will see if it's part of class action lawsuit or individualwsuit. >>here are awful lot o people in the same potion as becky gtson they worked hardhey w ims. >> clayton: discrimon. ed in a lawsuit.ould be was lation -- was it drimination? we don't know fully ye criteria was met.l of t we have tsee whe
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the irs. how scary is that. when the irs comes in there you are not allowed to be showedy. this is an overreach. >> they prevented people from going into business. this is in the middle of a presidential campaign. they hamstrung some of the president's most vocal opponents prevented them from entering into the campaign debate. when charlie rangel head of the ways and means committee does not pay his own taxes is outraged. you know it's a story. >> you know it's bad. >> the woman who was in charge of the tax exempt office during this time from something like 2009 to 2012, his name is sarah hall ingram, moved on to obama care, affordable care act. now they are saying this is the woman who allowed this be on the lookout for targeting list of the tea party she is going to be the law enforcement officer of who complies with obama care? they don't like that plan. >> do you think? >> this can't stand. you couldn't make this up. it is the woman who oversaw this attack on the president's political oppo
the irs. how scary is that. when the irs comes in there you are not allowed to be showedy. this is an overreach. >> they prevented people from going into business. this is in the middle of a presidential campaign. they hamstrung some of the president's most vocal opponents prevented them from entering into the campaign debate. when charlie rangel head of the ways and means committee does not pay his own taxes is outraged. you know it's a story. >> you know it's bad. >> the...
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but in this case, shulman no runs the irs, still runs the irs. nobody has been fired. >> that is where we have to finally -- and i hope our leadership will step up to the plate. this is too serious. this is about a separation of powers. if we do not stand up for the vacation of powers and the oversight authority of congress, then you might as well crown somebody king and go on because we have allowed this great experiment in democracy to crumble. >> tucker: if the administration will use the irs to punish it's political enemy, what won't it do? >> that is what we need to find out. they will order military members to stand down who are ready to save our military members. the administration released a report that glen dougherty died when seeking cover. that was lie when they released it. they were heroes. other individual had his leg blown off with ty, he is still undergoing surgery and rehab. there are answers and we should not stop until we get them. that includes punishing anyone who has impeded the investigation. this is too serious. people tha
but in this case, shulman no runs the irs, still runs the irs. nobody has been fired. >> that is where we have to finally -- and i hope our leadership will step up to the plate. this is too serious. this is about a separation of powers. if we do not stand up for the vacation of powers and the oversight authority of congress, then you might as well crown somebody king and go on because we have allowed this great experiment in democracy to crumble. >> tucker: if the administration...
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if someone in the irs made another statement to someone in the irs and lied about it, they can go to jail. finally, the hatch act, the hatch act prevents federal government employees from engaging in partisan political activities. so if you're targeting tea party, conservatives, constitutional organizations, bill of rights organizations and trying to suppress their ability to participate in an informational way in the process, you can go to jail for that potentially. >> steve: okay. now there is a story out of cincinnati, the fox affiliate there says that we've heard that there are two rogue employees. fox affiliate identified four and apparently they have told people we were simply following the orders of our superiors. so those people who are actually doing the work of the people who told them to go ahead and do something, who is the most trouble there? >> a lot of people i think are going to be in trouble, or potentially in trouble. there will be a cascading effect up and down in terms of information. this goes further than cincinnati. we know that it goes around the country. so i
if someone in the irs made another statement to someone in the irs and lied about it, they can go to jail. finally, the hatch act, the hatch act prevents federal government employees from engaging in partisan political activities. so if you're targeting tea party, conservatives, constitutional organizations, bill of rights organizations and trying to suppress their ability to participate in an informational way in the process, you can go to jail for that potentially. >> steve: okay. now...
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the same kind of questions from the irs. a simple apology on a conference call is not enough by a long shot. congress needs to investigate this and find out how many more lies the irs is telling. >> gretchen: did you find it weird when you were trying to make these applications that you were giving all these questions? did you ever think in your mind wow, they're targeting us? >> well, i understand that when you're dealing with irs and you're making an application for a tax exempt status that you've got to make sure that you're following all the rules and all the laws. so i understand that. but the questions about the facebook post, what our supporters are saying, who they're talking to on capitol hill, the list of all of our donors, when donations are supposeed to be confidential, absolutely ridiculous. >> gretchen: if you believe that this was just the underlings out of a midwest office or did this come from the top? >> i don't know whether it came from the top or not. what i know is that there is no way it was a couple of
the same kind of questions from the irs. a simple apology on a conference call is not enough by a long shot. congress needs to investigate this and find out how many more lies the irs is telling. >> gretchen: did you find it weird when you were trying to make these applications that you were giving all these questions? did you ever think in your mind wow, they're targeting us? >> well, i understand that when you're dealing with irs and you're making an application for a tax exempt...
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huge mess with the irs. she joins us live from montgomery. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> steve: okay. so you applied to the irs for tax exempt status for your organization. didn't hear from them for a very long time, so you get to thinking, what's going on? who did you call? >> well, it was only supposed to take a couple of months, so every two months we would call and they kept saying, we're still reviewing your application. and it was not until 14 months later that i get a letter in the mail with 80 questions on this pamphlet and saying that they couldn't process our application until those questions were answered. >> steve: they were tough questions. they were questions that the irs had none of their business sticking their nose in, right? >> yes. the one that disturbed me the most was they had asked if we would no -- they requested or demanded that we give copies of every speech that was ever given from our organization since 2009. they wanted the names and credentials of every speaker we've e
huge mess with the irs. she joins us live from montgomery. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> steve: okay. so you applied to the irs for tax exempt status for your organization. didn't hear from them for a very long time, so you get to thinking, what's going on? who did you call? >> well, it was only supposed to take a couple of months, so every two months we would call and they kept saying, we're still reviewing your application. and it was not until 14 months later...
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the irs is just the most recent example. what we're talking about here is an attitude that the government knows best. the nanny state is here to tell us all what to do. >> david gregory tried to blow him off on that and he couldn't achieve it because anyone who is watching what's gone on the last few weeks will realize that it's, in fact, true. we need the president to give a speech about these three events and say this is what happened. this is ha i know. this is why i didn't know it. i'm sorry for not knowing it. and it is relevant because it goes to the heart of trust of our government in this country. for these block heads to continue to say that irrelevant, that you p are smoking some kind of whacky toe tobacco, that is not relevant. this is relevant. this goes to the heart of the constitution and our future. h & r block head comes to the irs. wrong. wrong. >> steve: peter johnson, jr. is on fire this morning! >> wrong. come on. tell the true. >> steve: all right. peter johnson, jr., thank you. >> truth. truth. truth. >
the irs is just the most recent example. what we're talking about here is an attitude that the government knows best. the nanny state is here to tell us all what to do. >> david gregory tried to blow him off on that and he couldn't achieve it because anyone who is watching what's gone on the last few weeks will realize that it's, in fact, true. we need the president to give a speech about these three events and say this is what happened. this is ha i know. this is why i didn't know it....
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irs and same with association when you look at the questions on the irs case. question, the political question, i personally don't even think this is political. i think this is a matter of fundamental fairness for the american people and whether or not they are going to care. when benghazi comes up, they drag their feet, they delay, they miss inform. then when finally information comes out then they say it's a long time ago. i would expect all of these scandals probably the same strategy would be used, no? >> this is a matter of big government tyranny, is what it is. and the left embrace it is and they have this mentality. it's perfectly fine when somebodywelse's ox is being gored, but when it's yours then wait a minute, you are not allowed to do this. the government is getting bigger and bigger and power is nor centralized, and obama, whenever something happens he has excuses, well, it's low level, well, they are playing politics. folks, it's real world. the irs is out of control, the department of hhs with obamacare is out of control. the agriculture departme
irs and same with association when you look at the questions on the irs case. question, the political question, i personally don't even think this is political. i think this is a matter of fundamental fairness for the american people and whether or not they are going to care. when benghazi comes up, they drag their feet, they delay, they miss inform. then when finally information comes out then they say it's a long time ago. i would expect all of these scandals probably the same strategy would...
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the irs scandal. when we come back, charles krauthammer will be here to explain why he thinks that could be the fatal moment of the obama presidency. and more on the explosive hearing. bob beckel and monica crowley are alec, for this mission i upgraded your smart phone. ♪ right. but the most important feature of all is... the capital one purchase eraser. i can redeem the double miles i earned with my venture card to erase recent travel purchases. d with a few clicks, this mission never happened. uh, what's this button do? [ electricity zaps ] ♪ you requested backup? yes. yes i did. what's in your wallet? yes i did. all stations come over to mithis is for real this time. step seven point two one two. rify and lock. command is locked. five seconds. three, two, one. standing by for capture. the most innovative software on the planet... dragon is captured. is connecting today's leading companies to places beyond it. siemens. answers. ♪ there you go. come on, let's play! [ male announcer ] there's an
the irs scandal. when we come back, charles krauthammer will be here to explain why he thinks that could be the fatal moment of the obama presidency. and more on the explosive hearing. bob beckel and monica crowley are alec, for this mission i upgraded your smart phone. ♪ right. but the most important feature of all is... the capital one purchase eraser. i can redeem the double miles i earned with my venture card to erase recent travel purchases. d with a few clicks, this mission never...
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the irs scandal. when we come back, charles krauthammer will be here to explain why he thinks that could be the fatal moment of the obama presidency. and more on the explosive hearing. bob beckel and monica crowley are going to square off as "hannity" continues. ♪ [ slap! ] [ male announcer ] your favorite foods fighting you? fight back fast with tums. calcium-rich tums starts working so fast you'll forget you h heartburn. ♪ tum tum tum tum tums our seafood dinner for two for just 25 dollars! first get salad and cheddar bay biscuits. then choose from a variety of seafood entrées. plus choose either an appezer or a dessert to share. offer ends soon at red lobster! where we sea food differently. plus choose either an appezer or a dessert to share. are you still sleeping? just wanted to check and make sure that we were on schedule. the first technology of its kind... mom and dad, i have great news. is now providing answers families need. siemens. answers. ♪ right. but the most important feature of
the irs scandal. when we come back, charles krauthammer will be here to explain why he thinks that could be the fatal moment of the obama presidency. and more on the explosive hearing. bob beckel and monica crowley are going to square off as "hannity" continues. ♪ [ slap! ] [ male announcer ] your favorite foods fighting you? fight back fast with tums. calcium-rich tums starts working so fast you'll forget you h heartburn. ♪ tum tum tum tum tums our seafood dinner for two for just...
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told of the irs investigation a year ago. but tonight, we have learned that some republican members of congress were also told back then. reena ninan joining us from the white house. reena, good evening. >> reporter: the white house officials were first made aware of the irs probe in late april. but insisted president obama wasn't informed then. instead, learning about it when the story broke in the media. white house aide dan pfeiffer says no orders were given to the irs to go after tea party groups. >> bottom line, no communication as far as you know from the white house, to the irs, about this targeting? >> no. absolutely not. whether it's legal or illegal, is not important to the fact that the conduct of the matter. we have to make sure it doesn't happen again. >> reporter: senior treasury officials learned of the investigation last year and so did republicans. the chair of the house oversight committee knew of the probe in june. and asked what would be in an irs inspector general's report. >> i knew when we made the alle
told of the irs investigation a year ago. but tonight, we have learned that some republican members of congress were also told back then. reena ninan joining us from the white house. reena, good evening. >> reporter: the white house officials were first made aware of the irs probe in late april. but insisted president obama wasn't informed then. instead, learning about it when the story broke in the media. white house aide dan pfeiffer says no orders were given to the irs to go after tea...
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the irs is launching an investigation of its own. the irs already admitted to the behavior. the irs and the white house were hammered by democrats and republicans angry over the rez layings they targeted conservative groups. they argued over tax status. >> this should send a chill up your spine. >> i am not someone who has celebrated tea party politics. but we cannot we cannot this is not powerful. >> a short time later embattled white house issued a statement. the president believes the american people expect and deserve to have the best public servants with the highest level of integrity working on their behalves. based on media reports he is concerned a small number of internal revenue employees may have fallen short of that standard. it has become increasingly clear it has been his conduct for some time. the wall street journal reports this morning we are not just talking about groups here that have the words tea party or patriot in their names. this may have extended to include levels of government debt or calls into question the behavior of government in general. they
the irs is launching an investigation of its own. the irs already admitted to the behavior. the irs and the white house were hammered by democrats and republicans angry over the rez layings they targeted conservative groups. they argued over tax status. >> this should send a chill up your spine. >> i am not someone who has celebrated tea party politics. but we cannot we cannot this is not powerful. >> a short time later embattled white house issued a statement. the president...
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of activity by the irs. i think you see something different. he made clear if t personnel prove to be true, he would find them treajsz and he would expect appropriate action be taken and people be held responsible. he has no tolerance for targeting of specific groups, conservative groups if the reporting is true on this. he would expect action to be taken. this is a matter when it comes to the irs it is under review by the independent inspector general. we have not seen that report. it is our understanding that its release is fairly imminent and once we have it we will assess the next steps. so at this point we have to wait for action by an independent inspector before we can jump to conclusions to what happened, whether there was a deliberate targeting of groups inappropriately, and if that is case what action should be taken. you can be sure, i would point you to president's response yesterday, what his feelings are about this kind of action if, in fact, took place. on the issue of what is a department of
of activity by the irs. i think you see something different. he made clear if t personnel prove to be true, he would find them treajsz and he would expect appropriate action be taken and people be held responsible. he has no tolerance for targeting of specific groups, conservative groups if the reporting is true on this. he would expect action to be taken. this is a matter when it comes to the irs it is under review by the independent inspector general. we have not seen that report. it is our...
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of the irs. he did agree to resign but he noted he was scheduled to leave anyway. the white house used the departure to drive home the point they are taking the matter seriously. they targeted conservative groups for extra enforcement leading up to the 2012 election. >> it is inexcusable americans have the right to be angry about it i am angry about it. i will not tolerate this in any agency but especially the irs given the power it has and the reach it has in all of our lives. >>> the question all along has been how high up does it go? despite initial claims the extra scrutiny was the work of owe level workers in the cincinnati office. they were aware of this conduct while congress was told it had not occurred. >> the question isn't about who will resign my question is who is going to jail over the scandal. >> there are calls for a special prosecutor to prosecute this. they are expected to answer maybe one, two, maybe three questions about this during a brief press appearance. that's about it as
of the irs. he did agree to resign but he noted he was scheduled to leave anyway. the white house used the departure to drive home the point they are taking the matter seriously. they targeted conservative groups for extra enforcement leading up to the 2012 election. >> it is inexcusable americans have the right to be angry about it i am angry about it. i will not tolerate this in any agency but especially the irs given the power it has and the reach it has in all of our lives....
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to the irs scandal growing by the day. we have learned it wasn't just the tea party. other conservative groups wer t. now a hearing has been scheduled for friday on capitol hill so lawmakers may get some answers. doug luzader is live with more on that. good morning, doug. >> good morning. this is growing fast with the "washington post" saying despite their denials the specific targeting of conservative groups they say was known to high level officials here at washington even as it was underway. a combhat tive obama said the irs was playing politics targeting nonprofit groups the tea party patriots or self identified educational groups promoting the constitution. >> it is contrary to our traditions and people have to be held accountable and it's got to be fixed. >> the irs admitted to the effort but attempted to blame it on low level employees in the agency the lawyers for tea party groups for evidence say they were targeted by officials since washington supporting the decisions of many tea party leaders. >> a couple of low
to the irs scandal growing by the day. we have learned it wasn't just the tea party. other conservative groups wer t. now a hearing has been scheduled for friday on capitol hill so lawmakers may get some answers. doug luzader is live with more on that. good morning, doug. >> good morning. this is growing fast with the "washington post" saying despite their denials the specific targeting of conservative groups they say was known to high level officials here at washington even as...